Brendan Smart (@bsmart21):
Frustrating comes to mind when you talk about this move from the Memphis Grizzlies. Why wait? Bickerstaff seemed more than capable of running this team weeks after taking over the spot for the season.
General Manager Chris Wallace was asked about a month after Bickerstaff had taken over if they’d sign him or wait until the offseason to have a coaching search. Wallace never gave a straight answer which seemed to me that Bickerstaff would fight for his job this season to compete with the other candidates. I was wrong, there were no candidates, and there was not even a coaching search.